AI & Startup July 10 -July 16

GenAI product News

How eBay is using generative AI, computer vision to enhance CX

Kakao ups its game in generative AI with Karlo 2.0, an AI image generator

Upwork Launches New Generative AI Tools and Services Hub

甲骨文 Adds Generative AI to Fusion Cloud HCM for Higher HR Productivity

Clibrain AI joins the generative AI race with Lince, an LLM optimized for Spanish

铿腾设计系统公司 has developed an analysis and debug?tool to boost register transfer level (RTL) design and implementation productivity using generative AI.

Shutterstock expands deal with OpenAI to build generative AI tools

Anthropic releases Claude 2, its second-gen AI chatbot

China’s search engine pioneer unveils open source large language model to rival OpenAI

Elon Musk wants to build AI to ‘understand the true nature of the universe’

Stability AI releases Stable Doodle, a sketch-to-image tool

GenAI Venture Capital News

Sapphire Ventures plans to invest over $1B in enterprise AI startups

Causaly raises $60M to fuel generative AI-powered drug discovery

SaaS Management Startup Zluri Raises $20 Mn From Lightspeed

AI startup Nomic AI raises $17M to build its open-source alternative to GPT-4

Alive AI Raises $17 Million in Funding, Accelerating the Convergence of AI and Web3.

Resemble AI, a platform that uses generative AI to clone realistic-sounding voices, today announced that it raised $8 million in a Series A round led by Javelin Venture Partners

Prompt engineering startup Vellum .ai raises $5M as demand for generative AI services scales

GENAI Sector News

Customer Support

Dukaan? CEO fires 90% of customer support staff because AI chatbot outperforms them

Semiconductors

Hardware and chip makers scramble to meet AI demands

Aviation

Emirates Group opens new innovation centre featuring AI, VR and 3D products

Entertainment

Can AI Actors Polish Off The Stardom Your Beloved Superstars Have Worked Hard For?

What's new in Bard: Let's explore what's new in Bard

You can now access Bard in new languages and countries, customize responses, add images to your prompts and more.

Interact with Bard in new places and languages

you can collaborate with Bard in?over 40 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, German, Hindi and Spanish. You can also now access Bard?in more places, including Brazil and across Europe. As part of our?bold and responsible?approach to AI

Get more customized responses

We're launching new updates so Bard’s responses better suit your needs:

• Listen to responses:?Sometimes hearing something out loud can help you approach your idea in a different way. That’s why, starting today, you can listen to Bard’s responses. This is especially helpful if you want to hear the correct pronunciation of a word or listen to a poem or script. Simply enter a prompt and select the sound icon to hear Bard’s answers. This feature is now live in over 40 languages.
• Easily adjust Bard’s responses:?You can now change the tone and style of Bard's responses to five different options: simple, long, short, professional or casual. For example, you can ask Bard to help you write a marketplace listing for a vintage armchair, and then shorten the response using the drop-down. This feature is live in English and will expand to new languages soon.

Boost your productivity

Four new Bard features are also launching today to help you get more done:

• Pin and rename conversations:?We’ve heard you want to be able to revisit prompts, so we’re adding new ways to pin and rename your conversations with Bard. Now when you start a conversation, you’ll see options to pin, rename and pick up recent conversations in the sidebar. For example, if you ask Bard to help you compare outdoor sports for the summer, you can revisit the tips later. This feature is now live in over 40 languages.
• Export code to more places:?We’re continuing to see interest in using Bard for coding tasks. So today we’re adding a new feature that allows you to export Python code to Replit, in addition to Google Colab. This feature is now live in over 40 languages.

• Share responses with friends:?We've also made it easier to share part or all of your Bard chat with your network. With shareable links, you can share your ideas and creations with others. This feature is live in over 40 languages.
• Use images in your prompts:?Images are a big part of how we put our imaginations to work. At I/O we?announced?we’re bringing the capabilities of Google Lens into Bard. Whether you want more information about an image or just need help coming up with a caption, you can now upload images with prompts and Bard will analyze the photo to help. This feature is now live in English, and we’ll expand to new languages soon.